AMST 3510

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AMST 3510
United We Stand - Divided We Fall: The Rise of Polarization and Social Division - and What it Means

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

When did bipartisan become a bad word? Should we unfriend and unfollow people who have different opinions than our own? How did we become a country that grows more polarized and divided every year? Most importantly, can we change, or are we destined to continue down this path?


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Outcomes

  • Students will identify and describe long term trends, key individuals, and events impacting politics in the U.S.
  • Students will analyze the impacts of those key individuals and events and discuss how those impacts are likely to affect future U.S. politics.
  • Students will formulate possible strategies to reinforce, or alter, current trends within the U.S.
  • Students will research and synthesize the scholarly understanding of specific aspects of polarization (graduate students).

Distribution Category (HST-AS) (HA-AG, SBA-AG)

When Offered Fall.

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  • 11991 AMST 3510   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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